Female Wal-Mart Employees File New Bias Case

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Source: NY Times

After the Supreme Court in June tossed out a massive class-action lawsuit filed by women who claimed they were discriminated against by Wal-Mart Stores, the lawyers for the plaintiffs vowed to pursue the case using new tactics.

On Thursday, the plaintiffs did just that, filing an amended lawsuit that narrows the class from all of the women who work or have worked at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores, estimated at 1.5 million, to those in the retailer’s California regions, estimated to be at least 45,000 women.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs said the lawsuit was the first of many that will be filed against the world’s largest retailer alleging discrimination against women in pay and advancement.

In its June ruling in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the Supreme Court did not determine whether the women were discriminated against it. Rather, in its 5-4 decision, it concluded that the plaintiffs had not met requirements that the class have a question of law or fact in common.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/business/women-file-new-class-action-bias-case-against-wal-mart.html